Cuyahoga County’s preferred site for a new jail will require some remediation & prevention controls to ensure safe conditions for its future occupants, which the project’s environmental consultant says is not unusual for Cleveland-area redevelopment.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County’s preferred site for a new jail will require some remediation and permanent prevention controls to ensure safe conditions for its future occupants, which the project’s environmental consultant says is not unusual for Cleveland-area redevelopment and nothing to worry about, but some opponents say history would disagree.
If that were the case, however, then why wasn’t the land remediated for residential use in the first place, wonders Paul Wright, founder and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center and editor of the prisoner rights publication Prison Legal News. Wright said he’s seen too many examples of toxic waste dumps being turned into warehouses for poor and minority communities to detrimental effect.
“If government officials think the land is so safe now, why aren’t they building their own government offices on it or residential housing? I think the answer is obvious: no one given a choice will live there,” Wright said. “The actual track record of prisons and jails built on toxic waste dumps is pretty bad, and I don’t see anything to make anyone think this would somehow be any different.
Everyone is exposed to TPH compounds to some degree when they pump gas, clean up oil spills on the driveway or use other household chemicals, thesays, but potential health effects depend on the type of compound, dosage and level of exposure. Still, “there are no regulations or advisories specific to TPH” the website says.
The toxin was found in the property’s groundwater, which Partners said in its report is not a concern for ingestion because the city of Cleveland and an environmental covenant already prohibits its use for drinking water. However, the report notes precautions should be taken to protect construction workers who may encounter groundwater on the job.
That strategy would also help alleviate any concerns of methane gas pooling beneath the building, Garvey said.
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